The mayor of Taipei, Ko Wen-je, has suddenly found himself in a one-man morality play on an international stage. The unexpected drama the popular, independent politican finds himself cast in has Ko learning his role as events unfold. Ko is haunted by the ghost of Chinese dictator Chiang Kai-shek. Formosans were free of Chiang Kai-shek's depredations and crimes until October of 1945 when ships of the United States Navy landed Chiang's battle-hardened Kuomintang troops to administer the Japanese island following World War II. Soon, however, the island inhabitants came to suffer from the murderous cruelty of Chiang's soldiers. The 228 Massacre, the White Terror Period, Green Island prison, and...
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